Castleman disease in the parapharyngeal space: a case report.
10.13201/j.issn.2096-7993.2024.12.019
- Author:
Kai GUO
1
;
Dongmin WEI
1
;
Dapeng LEI
1
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology，Qilu Hospital of Shandong University，Nation Health Commission Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology（Shandong University），Ji'nan，250012，China.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Castleman disease;
parapharyngeal space
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Castleman Disease/diagnosis*;
Lymph Nodes/pathology*;
Parapharyngeal Space;
Prognosis
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2024;38(12):1187-1189
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:Castleman's disease is a group of heterogeneous lymphoproliferative disorders with unclear etiology and pathogenesis.This article reports a case of Castleman's disease of the parapharyngeal space, with a comprehensive literature review of the clinical feature and typing, pathologic diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of the disease.This case is a unicentric type, which is clinically characterized by significant enlargement of lymph nodes without systemic symptoms. The pathology was hyaline vascular type, and the treatment of unicentric type was mostly based on surgery with a better prognosis.
